Bosch partnered with Bangalore Baptist Hospital (BBH) in setting up an onsite oxygen generation plant to support the current oxygen demand of the hospital and to prepare for future oxygen emergencies. This oxygen generation unit works on VSA (Vacuum Swing Adsorption) technology which is a greener technology with an assured oxygen purity of medical standards, lower energy consumption, and maintenance costs as compared to the PSA(Pressure Swing Adsorption) technology. The unit is installed at the new Women and Children’s healthcare and Research Centre of BBH which houses their state-of-the-art neonatal care and pediatric ICU units.
“Being self-reliant with our oxygen demand is a matter of both confidence and comfort. We are grateful to Bosch that many critical patients will reap the benefit with this generous gift”, remarked Dr. Spurgeon R, Director (CEO) of BBH at the dedication ceremony. Shri. Jacob Peter Sr. Vice President of Bosch Global Software Tech. Pvt. Ltd., Shri. Rajesh Krishnan Executive Director, United Way and senior leadership of BBH graced the occasion. Considering the factors of healthcare accessibility, affordability, availability of trained medical professionals, technical capability and charitable nature of the institution Bosch decided to partner with BBH to upgrade the healthcare infrastructure by setting up an Oxygen Generation Plant of capacity 720Sm3 /day. This plant is the second oxygen generator plant of BBH, which was commissioned a month before the third COVID wave. In a matter of three months, 1112 people have benefitted from this facility. During COVID 19 crisis, BBH had catered to 72282 patients with COVID testing and treatment and given a treatment concession of 12.3 crores. This investment will go a long way in protecting the lives of citizens of Bangalore during and post-pandemic as Bangalore Baptist Hospital caters to people from all economic strata.
Bengaluru March, 2022 – In an endeavor to promote Indian handlooms products and the spirit of craftsmanship, CCIC presents ” Handloom Expo” handcrafted by Weavers & Masterweavers from Till 08th April 2022 at white house no 4b,14thMain road, next to BDA complex, sector 6 HSR layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka, The exhibition showcases exclusive handwoven Sarees , Shawls , Fabrics , Apparels Accessories , Furnishings , Home Linen & much more from different parts of the country, with the assurance of authenticity, quality & value for money.
India has a rich & diverse textile heritage. The expo provides a glimpse of this marvel and also a platform for the cultural and artistic interchange between weavers and art patrons .
The main motto is to encourage visitors to wear Handlooms with pride and to adopt Handloom products in their daily lives. Such initiatives will promote the Indian weavers & textile artists by sustaining their livelihood & providing them with more marketing opportunities and making Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Mera Gaav, Hamar Jal program aims to ensure sustainable water access and availability to rural communities across India With the help of Amrita’s Empower Community App and Esri India’s ArcGIS Platform, villagers will be empowered to become champions to map water resources and ensure year-round access by monitoring and tracking water availability at a community level
New Delhi, 28 March 2022: To make water sustainability a reality for the communities across rural India, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Esri India jointly launched a program “Mera Gaav, Hamara Jal” that translates to “My Village, Our Water”. This program aims to transform the attitudes of community members to view water as a community resource rather than as a personal resource.
The initiative aims to empower communities to map & monitor the resources, water quality, practices prevalent in the community, livelihood activities, drainage, weather variability, and climate impacts. This extensive crowd-sourced data will provide the opportunity to derive the water sustainability challenges in each of the communities. Along with this, it will equip the local administration, community organisations, and individuals to develop strategies for water conservation, optimise water usage, develop restoration of water resources, and build awareness of short and long-term impacts. The program which is in its infancy is currently rolled out in villages in Kerala. Within a year, the program is expected to reach 1000 communities in villages across India adopted under the Amrita Serve Program.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Agendra Kumar, Managing Director, Esri India expressed that Esri India is privileged to partner with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham on this transformational initiative. “Mera Gaav, Hamara Jal” program will transform the way rural India looks at water sustainability. This would change the attitude of the communities as they start seeing water as ‘our resource’ rather than ‘my resource’. The program would encourage community participation as villagers themselves can collect and provide the data related to water availability, water consumption, etc. The ArcGIS system will be used to create maps and dashboards for understanding trends and patterns, and thereby enabling different stakeholders like the local administration, NGOs, and citizens to take steps for more judicious use of the scarce resource and encourage water conservation. This initiative is an excellent way to collaboratively move towards the achievement of UN SDG 6, which aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”.
Speaking at the launch of the program, Dr. P Venkat Rangan, Vice-Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham said that “It is with great delight that we announce the launch of Mera Gaav, Hamara Jal Program in collaboration with Esri India. The initiative that translates to My Village, Our Water aims to empower villagers to become champions in ensuring water sustainability at a community level. Water sustainability is a key national priority. Being home to 18% of the global population, India possesses only 4% of water resources across the world. Through this partnership, we aim to empower villagers to map their water resources by including various aspects like sources, distribution, family wise consumption pattern and their demographic details via Amrita’s EMPOWER community app. This data will be used for mapping hotspots with respect to water sustainability which in turn will help to map the water quality. As we add one more page to Amrita’s array of activities in this regard, it gives me immense happiness to join hands with Esri India.”
Dr. Maneesha V Ramesh, UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation and Development and Provost, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham expressed her happiness over the launch of the program and provided a demonstration of ESRI’s ArcGIS dashboard which helps to capture information regarding the water resources mapped at the village level. The interactive dashboard provides information on water sources based on location and individual household level.
The program is planned to be rolled in a phased approach. As a part of the initial phase, community members will be trained to map and monitor water resources, assess water usage and quality so that they become more water conscious. To equip our future generations to become champions, the next phase of the project would involve training school children and teachers to make them water-wise. The future phases will see holistic empowerment of all the community members including children to achieve water sustainability. By including researchers and the general public, more data patterns will be incorporated for in-depth research. By joining hands with researchers, policies and recommendations are also planned to be rolled out to the government.
Thus, the initiative Mera Gaav, Hamara Jal aims to bring in a transformational change to perceive WATER as OURs rather than MINE. By empowering community members, water-wise communities will be sprouted to achieve community-scale implementation of UN SDG 6 targets.
The program was launched during the valedictory ceremony of the International Symposium on Water Sustainability – Challenges, Technologies and Opportunities (IWSS 2022) on 24th March. The 3-day symposium from 22 to 24 March was jointly organised by UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation and Development and School for Sustainable Development, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham on the occasion of World Water Day.
The valedictory ceremony also showcased various initiatives launched by the Amrita Live-in-Labs® program on the occasion of World Water Day. This includes the Water Day pledge by children in various communities across India to spread awareness and take initiatives directed towards water conservation. Painting competitions were also held in 25 communities to bring out the thought process of how children perceived water access and availability in their locality. The insights from the paintings will help to develop design requirements for the framework to build solutions aimed to ensure water sustainability for different communities. Prizes were awarded to 2 children who did exceptionally well in the competition.
Overall, the symposium had 26 eminent international keynote speakers from 15 universities, industry, government and non-government organisations. Some of the key institutions that participated are Kings College London, European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology PAS, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Delft University of Technology, Tel-Aviv University, Esri India, Wageningen University, the Netherlands to name a few. By focusing on six different themes, the symposium unveiled various pathways towards achieving water sustainability by adopting a community-centric approach towards conservation and revival of water resources.
Bengaluru: India has the second-highest diabetic population in the world, with about 74 million diabetics in 2021. Globally, diabetic foot ulcers are one of the leading causes of death, next only to lung cancer. For various reasons, diabetic foot care is one of the most neglected aspects of diabetic complications in India. Diabetes foot disease is one of the common, devastating, but preventable complications of diabetes mellitus.
To create awareness amongst the clinicians and the population about the gravity of the disease, a campaign was launched by Dr Sanjay Sharma, Founder of FootSecure and Secretary of the Indian Podiatry Association, Karnataka. It is aimed at creating awareness of diabetic foot disease among the general public as well as educating clinicians on early diagnosis and effective treatment.
Under the programme “Project Safe Feet-Safe Ride,” the awareness and screening campaign were launched on Saturday (March 26). It was virtually inaugurated by Mr. Randeep D, IAS, Commissioner, Department of Health and Family Welfare Services, Government of Karnataka, at the Karnataka Institute of Endocrinology and Research. The event is part of a larger symposium on the subject being held in the city in the presence of Dr Indumathi, Director, Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services, Dr HV Rangaswamy, Deputy Director, NCD, Dr Ravi, Director, KIER, and Dr Bhaskar Rajkumar of BBMP.
In India, it is estimated that nearly 37 million people have diabetic foot conditions, which often result in numbness, tingling or burning sensations, muscle weakness, and pain. Mr. Randeep said that on an average, 14 lakh Indians undergo leg amputations annually. And, 80% of the cases could have been prevented with podiatry and timely intervention.
The Commissioner said that Karnataka is at the forefront of diabetic management by maintaining a diabetic registry, being the first in the country to have an exclusive government diabetic hospital and the first in the country to have a podiatry department in a government set up. FootSecure’s awareness campaign would cover all 31 districts, 300 clinics, and 3 lakh people in towns and villages, he said.
Dr. Sanjay Sharma said that the diabetic foot is currently being inappropriately managed, leading to amputations, which can be prevented through podiatric interventions. Podiatry, a speciality in medicine that deals exclusively with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the foot and ankle, is not a part of the curriculum in Indian medical colleges. “We would like to create awareness so that doctors treating diabetes can prevent diabetic foot disease, as well as refer them in time to specialists when necessary,” he added.
From March 27 onwards, FootSecure is organising a series of awareness talks, workshops, and webinars across medical colleges and district hospitals in Karnataka, and also has a series of screening and awareness camps for the diabetic population.
In the next phase, which is going to commence on September 9, a team of doctors will ride across 31 districts of Karnataka to create awareness and screening. Opportunities will be provided for those who are interested in participating.
Those from the medical fraternity who wish to volunteer for the campaign may reach Dr Sanjay Sharma at info@footsecure.com
● The enhanced portfolio includes the Scenaria View, Supria series, The Echelon Smart and Arietta series, ● Offering a diverse portfolio, the new range will include solutions pertaining to CT, MRI, Digital Radiography, AI, PACS, endoscopy, IVD and ultrasound systems ● Keeping the patient and their comfort at the core, Fujifilm’s new portfolio to benefit millions of Indians
March 25, 2022, Bengaluru: Fujifilm India Pvt Ltd, a leader in diagnostic imaging and medical system technology, today unveiled a new range of products at the 74th National Annual Conference of IRIA 2022. The latest portfolio includes a plethora of products offering complete and integrated solutions for diagnostic purposes including CT, MRI, X-ray, AI, PACS, endoscopy and ultrasound systems through the Scenaria View, Supria series, The Echelon Smart and Arietta series
In order to strengthen its market position further and provide a wide variety of diagnostic services, Fujifilm completed the acquisition and takeover of Hitachi’s Diagnostic Imaging on 31 March last year. With the acquisition, Fujifilm offers a comprehensive solution spectrum that caters to a broad range of clinical needs.
Highlights of Fujifilm’s enhanced portfolio include: ● Scenaria View (128 slice CT Solution) is a powerful premium performance CT solution that provides dependable routine application capabilities with available advanced clinical modules for Interventional CT, extended coverage Shuttle Scanning (for Perfusion Exams), Cardiac CTA and Dual Energy examinations. The View employs 64 discrete detector and electronics channels over a 40mm detector coverage and reconstructs up to 128-slices per scan rotation.
● Supria (32/128 CT Solution) is an evolved CT device, employing latest technologies such as whole-body sub-millimeter imaging and dose reduction technologies. It provides lower dose and high-quality images and is capable of imaging in various patient positions reducing the overall scanning burden on patients.
● The Echelon Smart (1.5T Superconductive MRI) is based on Fujifilm’s proprietary technology, and opened the potential for 1.5T systems, providing superb image quality and superior install flexibility, inherited from permanent-magnet MRI systems. It comes with noise reduction technology for a patient-friendly examination.
● The ARIETTA (Series of Ultrasound) is designed to provide high quality imaging across a broad clinical range that includes abdominal, cardiac, and vascular applications. It has been developed with cutting edge technology for enhanced accuracy and safety to transform ultrasound diagnosis.
Managing Director of Fujifilm India, Mr. Koji Wada said, “Fujifilm has demonstrated the ability to be a leader in technical advancement and scientific innovation through its newest products and services lineup. Now, millions of individuals will have access to the most precise and accurate medical imaging and screening. This is a significant milestone for Fujifilm and its future growth. Today, we are stronger as a team, and our goal is to maximise the patients’ benefits with these new portfolio synergies. In the realm of prevention and diagnostics, our goal is to become a market leader and the number one comprehensive partner for the Indian healthcare community.” Mr. Chander Shekhar Sibal, Senior Vice President, Medical Division, Fujifilm India said, “As a leader in imaging technologies, we strive to ‘Never Stop’ providing the most cutting-edge technologies and solutions that not only improve image quality and workflow, but also focus on the patient’s overall well-being. Through our new launches, we aim to boost the diagnostic market and empower medical imaging information across the entire healthcare industry, keeping in mind the obstacles that a hospital experiences every day in diagnostics and imaging services.” Fujifilm India has always worked towards spreading maximum awareness regarding early detection of critical ailments which can otherwise be treated if diagnosed on time. As a conscious effort, the brand has consistently pushed forward to improve healthcare diagnostic standards, helping to make the world better and fitter. Fujifilm India is continually working to innovate and introduce advanced technologies to produce forward-thinking medical equipment. The brand’s efforts have been centered at building a line of medical care that will offer easy access to healthcare solutions to millions of people and in turn strengthen the country’s medical infrastructure. Fujifilm is committed to providing Indians with the most effective diagnostic technologies available. The superior technical and innovative prowess is a testimony to the same, and with each passing year, the brand is striving to further fortify its position as the industry pioneer in medical imaging while still being committed to diagnostic services.
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